H. B. 2969
(By Delegates Marshall, Beach, Houston, Brown, R.
Thompson, Stephens, Perdue, Webster, Amores, Manchin and Miley)
[Introduced March 10, 2005; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §16-22-3 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to required tests to be conducted
on newborn children; and requiring newborn children be tested
for long QT syndrome.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §16-22-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 22. DETECTION AND CONTROL OF PHENYLKETONURIA,
GALACTOSEMIA, HYPOTHYROIDISM, AND CERTAIN OTHER DISEASES IN
NEWBORN CHILDREN.
§16-22-3. Tests for phenylketonuria, galactosemia, long QT
syndrome
and hypothyroidism and certain other
diseases specified by the Commissioner of the
Bureau For Public Health; reports; assistance to
afflicted children; Commissioner to propose rules.
(a) The hospital or birthing center in which an infant is born, the parents or legal guardians, the physician attending a
newborn child, or any person attending a newborn child not under
the care of a physician shall require and ensure that each
such the
child be tested for phenylketonuria, galactosemia, hypothyroidism,
long QT syndrome and certain other diseases specified by the
state
Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health
commissioner according
to current recommendations of the
state Bureau
of for Public
Health. Any test found positive for phenylketonuria, galactosemia,
hypothyroidism,
long QT syndrome
or certain other diseases
specified by the state Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health
commissioner shall be promptly reported to the state Bureau of for
Public Health
by the director of the laboratory performing such the
test.
(b) The state Bureau of for Public Health
, in cooperation with
other state departments and agencies, and with attending
physicians, is authorized to provide medical, dietary and related
assistance to children determined to be afflicted with
phenylketonuria, galactosemia, hypothyroidism, long QT syndrome
and
certain other diseases specified by the state Commissioner of the
Bureau for Public Health. commissioner
(c) The state Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health
commissioner
promulgate propose rules for
legislative promulgation pursuant to chapter twenty-nine of this
code to implement the provisions of this section, with the approval
of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that newborn
children be tested for long QT syndrome.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.
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